I'm really not the number one slacker in Soul Society.

If the seal on the divine sword is completely opened, he will be stretched to the point of bursting like a balloon within half a minute. However, if only a small part of the seal is opened, the process of replenishing spiritual pressure can be made to be gradual and continuous.

However, this operation is no less difficult than drilling a hole in an overflowing reservoir; it requires the full attention of at least one person to properly control the flow.

...He can only hope that the problem with Shihouin Hyakugetsu can be resolved as soon as possible, as he still needs to rush to the Seireitei set to bring warmth to the Dark Azure Might.

Mi Zhen sat down cross-legged, placed the divine sword across his lap, and then, with extremely cautious movements, pointed a finger at the blade.

Then, a bright light suddenly shone in the cave.

..........................................

Yama of Rukongai clenched his fist, feeling the endless spiritual pressure within his body.

In this way, apart from the rabbit talisman he had just acquired and the unused etherealization trial card, he had already revealed all his trump cards.

This can be considered the strongest state in close combat.

The sword, Flowing Moon, lit up with light at a speed visible to the naked eye. Although it couldn't compare to the strike from Kanzaragi, it was equivalent to condensing the spiritual pressure of Kensei Sancho in a single strike. In other words, without the divine sword's support, he could only unleash eleven such strikes at most before collapsing to the ground.

In this respect, he was quite envious of Hyakugetsu Shihōin's Bankai called Reisha Chisei—that thing seemed to have a fully automatic power supply, and he didn't need to worry about being overpowered and exploding like he did.

While Shunsui and Ukitake were locked in their argument, Mima stepped onto the battlefield like a ghost and suddenly greeted them.

"Yo."

He waved his hand and said with a smile, "What's going on here? It looks quite lively."

Due to the spiritual pressure concealment effect of the messenger token, the three who were still fighting did not notice his arrival until he made a sound and they looked over alertly.

"You are……"

Shihouin glanced at the strange mosaic covering Yama's body, then suddenly frowned: "Messenger's cloak? You're from the Urahara family?"

After using this thing for several months, Mima finally learned its name...

Unfortunately, no one in the historical travelogues has mentioned this, and he can't access the Great Spiritual Book Gallery, so it's really difficult to find this kind of thing.

"The Shihōin family? They know their stuff."

Mima whistled, then looked towards Kyoraku and Ukitake: "The captains of the Gotei 13 and the Shihōin family... Oh? The Angry Torrent? Is that Shihōin Hyakugetsu? You two captains over there, why are you fighting with the senior?"

After finally clearing the Red Dragon away, Chunshui and Fuzhu exchanged a suspicious glance. After a short while, Chunshui clicked his tongue, as if he remembered the origin of this unexpected troublemaker, and whispered, "It's a messenger... It should be the one who took the 'divine sword' from the ruins three months ago."

Since neither side knew Mi Zhen's true nature, neither side chose to act immediately out of caution.

"What, no one is answering my question?"

Mizhen scratched her head and said, "What's wrong? Shouldn't I be here?"

"No... your sudden appearance..." Chunshui squinted and complained, "It's hard for everyone to find a suitable expression to face you."

"Really? I'm so sorry." Mima shrugged and said with a regretful expression (though no one could see his expression), "I just noticed from a distance that it seemed like there was a lot of fighting here, so I came to take a look. If I've disturbed you, I'll leave now."

He was spouting these meaningless words for a reason—the Flowing Moon in its sheath was still charging up, and even a second longer would increase its power. After a few exchanges, the amount of power it had accumulated was already close to that of Kensei Rokkaku.

Please, please don't do that.

Shunsui wiped the blood seeping from his forehead and said with an awkward smile, "Let me explain, the old lady is a villain who plans to destroy the world. We, as members of the Gotei 13, are fighting her and are at a disadvantage. From a moral standpoint, the Urahara family is also part of Soul Society, so if you don't mind, please help us."

"Oh~" Mima chuckled, then turned to look at Shihouin Hyakugetsu, "More than two thousand years have passed, and you still haven't given up on that pointless idea, senior?"

"Messenger, messenger of the Spirit King's will."

A mocking smile suddenly appeared on Shihouin Hyakugetsu's face: "Even the Shiba family knows how to resist the status quo out of justice, but the messenger who is closer to the Soul King does nothing? I originally thought that the Tsuna-Yashiro family was the biggest clown, but now it seems that it may not be so."

"Ok?"

Mima said, puzzled, "You can be sued for defamation if you talk nonsense. You're not a messenger, how do you know that messengers don't do anything?"

This left Shihouin Hyakugetsu somewhat speechless.

After all, the Urahara family's presence is barely noticeable, and even the other three noble families, who are also part of the ruling class, have a hard time figuring out what these shut-ins who have been squatting near the Gates of Hell for millions of years are thinking. They are at a natural disadvantage in terms of confrontation.

Shihōin Hyakugetsu originally only wanted to provoke this sudden intruder, but unexpectedly he put himself in a dangerous position. Someone with a thinner skin would probably have dug a hole and buried himself in it on the spot.

But she has her own unique way of doing things.

If you can't solve the problem, then solve the problem by eliminating the person who created it!

In any case, her goal is to destroy the world to vent her frustrations, and she doesn't care whether reason is on her side or not.

If you can beat them, kill them; if you can't, you'll be killed. There's nothing to care about—that's how barbaric Shihouin Hyakugetsu's logic is.

So she moved her fingers, and sixty red dragons suddenly surged out of the floating ball of light, attacking Mi Zhen from all directions and 360 degrees without any blind spots.

Kyoraku hissed, clearly not expecting this person to turn on him so quickly, but he and Ukitake were still quite a distance away, and it was too late to lend a helping hand.

All that could be heard was the deafening roar of the impact, which instantly buried Mi Zhen's body.

Shihouin Hyakugetsu moved his fingers again, using another ability of Bankai: Red Dragon Hundred Cuts—

From any perspective, the Crimson Dragon Hundred Slashes is an excellent Bankai. It can simultaneously send out one hundred autonomous red dragons to attack the enemy, with a range of up to ten kilometers. Each red dragon possesses the power of a high-ranking official. In order to obtain it, Shihouin Hyakugetsu went to great lengths. First, he captured the original owner alive, then tortured her, and finally cut her to the point of death before successfully parasitizing her and making up for her weakness in long-range attacks.

If there is any flaw in the Crimson Dragon Hundred Slashes, it is that the power of a single red dragon is not strong enough, and in a truly high-level battle, it can only play a disruptive role at best.

But it has another capability that can make up for this shortcoming.

That means making the Red Dragon self-destruct!

If the power of the bite and claw strikes is too low, then sacrifice yourself in exchange for an explosion. In this way, the power of the original commander-level can be upgraded to the level of the vice-captain. The drawback is that the self-destructing red dragon cannot regenerate in a short time, so its original master would not use this move easily.

But Shihōin doesn't care about the 100th month.

Even if all one hundred red dragons were blown up, she would still have three Bankai.

After a deafening explosion, a massive red mushroom cloud rose slowly into the sky.

"Thus……"

Hyakugetsu Shihōin calmly watched this scene unfold.

She didn't expect to be able to take down the elusive messenger so easily.

But this explosion, which is enough to kill most captains, should at least have a restraining effect. Even a messenger would probably be injured.

However, an impatient yet clearly relaxed female voice came from the center of the mushroom cloud.

"Ah...that's quite a powerful attack."

A blurry figure emerged from the crater, parting the flames of the explosion's aftershocks, and casually extinguished a few small burn marks on its body.

"I really like this outfit, how are you going to make it up to me?"

Shihōin Hyakugetsu didn't answer this absurd question, but instead fell into deep thought.

How is this possible... that he's completely unharmed?

Even though she hasn't fully recovered yet, the power of her moves is still undiminished.

Did this guy pull some kind of trick? Could it be that what's standing there isn't her real body, but some kind of illusion?

Shihōin Hyakugetsu frowned, then flashed to Mima's side and swung his sword heavily!

Whether it's an illusion or not, we can find out by simply testing it.

Mi Zhen, who had been using both the Surge and Thunder accelerations, was naturally able to react.

He casually raised his sword to block—without drawing it, because the scabbard burned to ashes the instant the sword was swung.

Faced with this gleaming blade, Shihouin Hyakugetsu immediately sensed something was wrong, but the distance didn't allow her to change her moves. She could only temporarily use the Bone-Eating Demon Armor to increase her arm strength and then directly use Honebami to clash with Ryugetsu!

A violent roar immediately erupted where the swords clashed!

The phrase "accumulated the spiritual pressure of six cartloads of Kensei" refers to unleashing a power equivalent to all of Kensei's spiritual pressure in one breath, resulting in an astonishing outcome!

Like a wood-chopping axe, Ryugetsu cleaved Honebami in two, then, with undiminished momentum, slashed directly at Shihouin Hyakugetsu's chest. In an instant, the blade sliced ​​through nearly half of the liquid armor, as easily as cutting through paper!

Shihouin Hyakugetsu's response strategy... was exactly the same as Isshin's before.

She concentrated a large amount of the living, bone-devouring demon armor on her chest, continuously stacking up defenses, and finally exhausted all the explosive spiritual pressure contained in the Flowing Moon before the blade reached her.

Even so, she still flew far away with the momentum of an arrow, crashing directly into a nearby forest and carving a deep furrow.

Chunshui and Fuzhu, who were halfway there, were almost dumbfounded.

Holy crap, is that awesome?

As Mima watched Shihouin Hyakugetsu slowly rise to his feet, he felt a surge of confidence.

He had read most of Shihouin Hyakugetsu's memories after coming into contact with Susanoo Hoshino—although they were almost all fast-forwarded and superficial, they were enough for him to understand her abilities thoroughly.

However, Shihouin Hyakugetsu knew nothing about him.

Therefore, this battle was unfair from the very beginning.

For Mima, of Shihouin Hyakugetsu's four Bankai, the most troublesome is "Bone-Eating Demon Armor".

She stole it from a Rukongai master—the process of acquiring four Bankai was basically the same: knock the person down but not kill them, capture them, torture them severely, then parasitize them, and then burst out of their body like an alien.

Chapter 122: Mental Breakdown

With this kind of ability, if this were a fantasy channel, Shihōin Hyōgetsu would be a demonic elder...

For others, the most troublesome ability is probably "Black Moon Seven Bright Radiance". After all, once you are exposed to this thing, your ability will be suppressed in all aspects, and there is almost no way to remove it - the "Black Moon" hanging behind your head has no physical form at all, so you can't hit it. You can only use your spiritual pressure to withstand it.

But for Mima, this ability that requires "capturing objects" is always a useless thing that can be discarded without a second thought, and there's nothing more to say about it.

But the "Bone-Swallowing Ghost Armor" is really troublesome.

Just like its form, this thing is a liquid armor that can both attack and defend. It can absorb energy-based attacks to replenish spiritual pressure, and it can also enhance the wearer's strength like an exoskeleton. It is undeniably strong, incredibly durable, and deals high damage at the same time.

Mima's first annoyance is that kind of unconditional, large-area AOE, and her second annoyance is this kind of stat-based monster.

Unlike the Sternritter, who possess more underhanded rule-based abilities, he can only defeat this kind of monster through head-on combat.

That last strike took him more than a minute to charge up, yet it didn't even break through the defense, demonstrating the incredible toughness of the Bone Devouring Armor.

"I see, no wonder you're a messenger."

Although she looked disheveled after being knocked away, the Bone-Eating Demon Armor perfectly protected her. Apart from the dust she got on the ground, Shihouin Momotsuki was completely unharmed.

She stood up, swung her sword, and part of the Bone-Devouring Demon Armor on her body melted and adhered to the broken blade, rejoining it into a complete sword.

Then, she used Instant Step to traverse a distance of several dozen meters and returned to the battlefield.

Meanwhile, Shunsui and Ukitake have already aligned themselves with Mima.